Weblogic Managed server status struck in STARTING

 

We faced the issue while starting the weblogic managed server, the status of the server struck in STARTING.
W could not able to find a valid error messages in the log files
Managed Server Log File:
<30-Oct-2014 11:13:29 o’clock GMT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING> 
No logs are getting printed after this.
Node Manager Log File:
<30-Oct-2014 11:09:44> <INFO> <SOACoreDomain> <MS1> <Server failed during startup so will not be restarted>
<30-Oct-2014 11:09:44> <WARNING> <Exception while starting server ‘MS1’>
java.io.IOException: Server failed to start up. See server output log for more details.
      at weblogic.nodemanager.server.AbstractServerManager.start(AbstractServerManager.java:200)
      at weblogic.nodemanager.server.ServerManager.start(ServerManager.java:23)
      at weblogic.nodemanager.server.Handler.handleStart(Handler.java:604)
      at weblogic.nodemanager.server.Handler.handleCommand(Handler.java:121)
      at weblogic.nodemanager.server.Handler.run(Handler.java:71)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
The root cause of this issue is somehow the ldap directory of the server got corrupted.
To resolve this issue:

•  Kill the managed server
•  Remove the ldap folder from the following location  <<DOMAIN_HOME>>/servers/<<Managed Server>>, this file will be auto generated while restarting the server.
• Restart the server

Thanks
Srini